Confidence-based reliability assessment considering limited numbers of both input and output test data

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 2027-2043

  Moon, Min Yeong ^a   Cho, Hyunkyoo ^b   Choi, K K ^a   Gaul, Nicholas ^c   Lamb, David ^d   Gorsich, David ^d  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^c ASME RAMDO Solutions   (United States)

^d US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Biased simulation model; Confidence based reliability assessment; Limited numbers of input and output test data; Uncertain input distribution models; Uncertain reliability

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; INPUT DISTRIBUTIONS; PRACTICAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SIMULATION MODEL; TEST DATA; UNCERTAINTY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 85040582472     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-018-1900-z     Document Type: Article

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